Sutherland is an unincorporated community in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, United States. Sutherland is located on U.S. Route 460 9 miles (14 km) west-southwest of Petersburg.

Sutherland, Virginia
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°11′46″N 77°33′35″W
Country	United States
State	Virginia
County	Dinwiddie
Elevation	289 ft (88 m)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	804
GNIS feature ID	1500198[1]

This town was a stop on the Southside Railroad in the mid-nineteenth century. This became the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad in 1870 and then a line in the Norfolk and Western Railway and now the Norfolk Southern Railway.[2] Sutherland was the location of the American Civil War Battle of Sutherland's Station on April 2, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign.

Mathematician Gladys West was born in Sutherland.[3]

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